Annals of Internal Medicine

Article	Citations
In rheumatic heart disease–associated AF, rivaroxaban increased adverse vascular outcomes vs. VKA at 3 y	440
Annals Consult Guys - Care of a Patient With Left Ventricular Thrombus	309
Estimation of Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis in a U.S. Breast Screening Cohort	290
Annals for Educators - October 2022	278
Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Clinical Pearls—Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia	176
Aspirin use is associated with reduced risk for hepatocellular carcinoma	174
Annals for Hospitalists - January 2024	167
In type 2 diabetes, tirzepatide reduced HbA1c vs. semaglutide	154
The Use of Opioids in the Management of Chronic Pain	147
Moving Beyond Race-Based Medicine	147
Prevalence and Management of Obesity in U.S. Adults With Type 1 Diabetes	145
In H pylori infection, vonoprazan plus high-dose amoxicillin was noninferior to B-quadruple therapy for eradication	141
Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Clinical Pearls—Acute Pain Episodes in Sickle Cell Disease	137
Life Lens	131
In suspected or provisionally diagnosed ACS, early CTCA did not reduce mortality or nonfatal MI at 1 y	129
Annals Story Slam - Loss of a Best Friend	128
Medical Masks Versus N95 Respirators for Preventing COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers	126
Medical Masks Versus N95 Respirators for Preventing COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers	122
Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Long-Acting Therapies to Improve HIV Viral Suppression	121
Annals Video Summary - The Effect of Practitioner Empathy on Patient Satisfaction	120
In persons aged ≥45 y, the mt-sRNA test had 94% sensitivity for colorectal cancer and 46% for advanced adenomas	119
Short-Term Adverse Outcomes After Mifepristone–Misoprostol Versus Procedural Induced Abortion	118
Evolving Practice Choices by Newly Certified and More Senior General Internists	117
In healthy older adults, daily aspirin increased cancer mortality	116
New use of thiazide diuretics vs. nonthiazide antihypertensive drugs was linked to hyponatremia over 2 y	113

Annals Graphic Medicine - The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Graphic Narrative	111
Annals Video Summary - Vitamin D and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in People With Prediabetes	109
Annals On Call - Surgery for Mild PTH	107
Summary for Patients: Do Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy Help Reduce Liver Fat Content and Scarring in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes?	106
Annals Video Summary - Effect of Yoga on Frailty in Older Adults: A Systematic Review	105
2022 Clinical Practice Guideline Update for Diabetes Management of Chronic Kidney Disease: An Important First Step, More Work to Do	104
Stories and Statistics	101
Summary for Patients: Metformin Use in the First Trimester of Pregnancy and Risk for Nonlive Birth and Congenital Malformations	101
Civility, 1968	101
Hospital at Home for Older Patients With Underlying Comorbidity	100
K Awards: The Journey of a Thousand Steps	99
Miners' Nystagmus Following Visual Deprivation: A Case Report	97
Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Mammography Beyond Age 75 Years	97
Race/Ethnicity Trends Among U.S. Internal Medicine Residency Applicants and Matriculants: A Cross-Sectional Study	96
Severe Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity Among Gestational Carriers	94
Inaccuracy of Pneumonia Diagnosis: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same	94
After ACS, telemedicine-based care with remote patient monitoring vs. usual care reduced hospital readmissions at 6 mo	94
A Calling No Longer? When Medicine Is Redefined as a Job	93
Annals Video Summary - Bleeding Risks With Non–Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants Versus Single Antiplatelet Therapy	93
In patients with acute MI, spironolactone did not reduce cardiac events at 3 y	92
ACP Updates Family and Medical Leave Policy	91
The Development of Living, Rapid Practice Points: Summary of Methods From the Scientific Medical Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians	90
Administration of the High-Density Lipoprotein Mimetic CER-001 for Inherited Lecithin–Cholesterol Acyltransferase Deficiency	87
A Salty Odyssey: A Potassium-Enriched Journey Inspired by Don Quijote	86
Bridging the Divide	79
Effectiveness of Adding a Mask Recommendation to Other Public Health Measures	78
Patients surviving COVID-19 had lower risk for long COVID in the Omicron vs. earlier eras	78
Moving Stroke Rehabilitation Forward and Into the Future	78
Long-Term Risk for Major Bleeding During Extended Oral Anticoagulant Therapy for First Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism	77
In T2DM, periconceptional, noninsulin, second-line antidiabetes medications were not linked to major congenital malformations vs. insulin	76
An intensivist-led telemedicine strategy did not reduce ICU LOS vs. usual care in critically ill patients	76
Challenging the Myths of the Against Medical Advice Discharge	75
Understanding the Varying Biological Behaviors of Breast and Other Types of Cancer to Avoid Overdiagnosis	74
Increasing Motivation for Lifestyle Change Is Not Enough to Treat Obesity	73
Annals Video Summary - Effectiveness of Opioid Analgesic Medicines Prescribed in or at Discharge From Emergency Departments for Musculoskeletal Pain	73
In noncardiac thoracic surgery, low-dose colchicine did not reduce AF or myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery at 14 d	72
Little Miracles	72
Benefits and Risks Associated With Statin Therapy for Primary Prevention in Old and Very Old Adults	71
Outpatient Treatment of Confirmed COVID-19: A Living, Rapid Evidence Review for the American College of Physicians (Version 2, Update Alert)	71
Challenges in Estimating the Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccination Using Observational Data	71
In the general population, salt substitutes vs. regular salt reduce BP levels, CV outcomes, and mortality	71
The U.S. Founding Fathers Recognized the Benefits of Immunization—We Need That Same Recognition Today	69
In menopause-related moderate-to-severe vasomotor symptoms not suitable for hormone therapy, fezolinetant safely improved symptoms	68
The Rise of Psilocybin Use in the United States: A Multisource Observational Study	68
Factors Associated With Circulating Sex Hormones in Men	67
Effectiveness of the 2023-to-2024 XBB.1.5 COVID-19 Vaccines Over Long-Term Follow-up	67
Spatial Inequities in COVID-19 Testing, Positivity, Confirmed Cases, and Mortality in 3 U.S. Cities	67
Safety and Efficiency of Diagnostic Strategies for Ruling Out Pulmonary Embolism in Clinically Relevant Patient Subgroups	63
The Use of Rifaximin in the Prevention of Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy After Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt	62
Effectiveness of Recombinant Zoster Vaccine Against Herpes Zoster in a Real-World Setting	62

Trends in Concurrent Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescriptions in the United States, 2016 to 2019	62
Annals for Educators - May 2021	60
Moving Beyond Race-Based Medicine	60
Correction: Accuracy of Ultrasound Jugular Venous Pressure Height in Predicting Central Venous Congestion	60
Annals On Call - Encouraging Influenza Vaccination	60
Bedside Manner	60
Correction: Efficacy of Acupuncture for Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria	60
Annals Graphic Medicine - Dive	60
Annals for Educators - June 2022	59
In adults receiving mechanical ventilation, selective decontamination of the digestive tract reduces hospital mortality	59
Forgiving Physician Debt	59
Lifting the Illusion	59
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Understanding the Safety of Outpatient Care	59
In acute decompensated HF, adding acetazolamide to IV loop diuretics reduced congestion at 3 d	58
In prediabetes, oral vitamin D reduces progression to new-onset diabetes	58
In patients with AMI and anemia, a restrictive vs. liberal blood transfusion strategy was noninferior for 30-d MACE	58
Lightning: Another Climate Change Threat	58
Annals Graphic Medicine - Getting to a Place of Calm	58
Annals Consult Guys - Noncardiac Surgery Following COVID-19: A Coast-to-Coast Update	57
Annals On Call - Understanding Benign Neutropenia	57
Annals for Educators - February 2022	55
Late in the Afternoon	55
Star Stuff	55
Ideation	54
Annals for Educators - February 2023	54
Comfort Measures Only	54
How Would You Treat This Patient With Acute and Chronic Pain From Sickle Cell Disease?	54
In RA, use of systemic glucocorticoids ≥5 mg/d (prednisolone-equivalent) was linked to MACE at 8.7 y	53
Summary for Patients: Hydroxychloroquine Dose and Risk for Incident Retinopathy	53
Doctoring With a Double Disability	52
Function and Frailty: Value Added in Medicare	52
Colorectal cancer screening offering colonoscopy and FIT vs. colonoscopy alone improved participation	52
Annals Story Slam - Future I.M. Experience: Resilience During COVID-19	52
Annals Graphic Medicine - Dr. Mom: Which Presenter Are You?	52
Annals On Call - Bedside Rounds: The Patient Experience	51
The Problem of Aducanumab for the Treatment of Alzheimer Disease	51
Annals for Hospitalists - December 2021	51
In adults with kidney failure, hemodiafiltration vs. hemodialysis reduces all-cause and CV mortality	50
In adults with TBI and anemia, liberal vs. restrictive RBC transfusion did not reduce unfavorable neurologic outcomes by 10% at 6 mo	50
In older inpatients with polypharmacy, medication optimization did not improve outcomes at 48 wk	50
The Reign of the Ventilator: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, COVID-19, and Technological Imperatives in Intensive Care	50
Detection of Tropheryma whipplei Genome From the Aqueous Humor by Metagenomic Sequencing	49
Annals Consult Guys - A Perplexing Case of Muscle Weakness	49
Annals On Call - Health Expenditures of Patients With Diabetes After Bariatric Surgery	49
Diagnostic Strategies for the Assessment of Suspected Stable Coronary Artery Disease	49
In paroxysmal AF, first-line catheter ablation vs. antiarrhythmic drugs reduces atrial arrhythmia recurrence	49
Annals Video Summary - Artificial Intelligence–Assisted Colonoscopy for Polyp Detection	49
Time-Restricted Eating Without Calorie Counting for Weight Loss in a Racially Diverse Population	48
Artificial Intelligence–Assisted Colonoscopy for Polyp Detection	48
Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence in Patients With Transient New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation Detected During Hospitalization for Noncardiac Surgery or Medical Illness	48
Assessing Heterogeneity of Treatment Effect in Real-World Data	48
How Would You Manage This Patient With Recurrent Diverticulitis?	48
Performance of the European Society of Cardiology 0/1-Hour, 0/2-Hour, and 0/3-Hour Algorithms for Rapid Triage of Acute Myocardial Infarction	48
In ASCVD, an inclisiran-first strategy reduced LDL-C levels and statin discontinuation at 330 d	47
Beyond the Bacillus: Closing Gaps in Tuberculosis Health Disparities Requires Targeting Social Determinants	47
Accuracy of Ultrasound Jugular Venous Pressure Height in Predicting Central Venous Congestion	47
Time-Restricted Eating Without Calorie Counting for Weight Loss in a Racially Diverse Population	47
Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - The Future of Hospital-at-Home Care	47
The Price of Admission	46
The Effect of Open-Label Semaglutide on Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease in People With HIV	46
Nonpharmacologic and Pharmacologic Treatments of Adults in the Acute Phase of Major Depressive Disorder: A Living Clinical Guideline From the American College of Physicians	45
Risk for Bleeding-Related Hospitalizations During Use of Amiodarone With Apixaban or Rivaroxaban in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation	45
Oncology: What You May Have Missed in 2023	45
Annals for Hospitalists - July 2024	45
A Risk Profile Using Simple Hematologic Parameters to Assess Benefits From Baricitinib in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial-2	45
Science v. Ideology in Court: Mifepristone and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration	43
The Benefits and Risks of Receiving Investigational Solid Tumor Drugs in Randomized Trials	43
Annals Graphic Medicine - 2 Face Comics Presents: Art Is the Best Medicine	43
Values and Preferences of Patients With Depressive Disorders Regarding Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments	43
Contact Tracing and Exposure Investigation in Response to the First Case of Monkeypox Virus Infection in the United States During the 2022 Global Monkeypox Outbreak	43
Change in Per Capita Opioid Prescriptions Filled at Retail Pharmacies, 2008–2009 to 2017–2018	42
Untangling the Benefits of Time-Restricted Eating: Is It the Calories or the Time Restriction?	42
SGLT2 inhibitors reduce adverse renal and CV outcomes in patients with or without diabetes	42
Visual Clinical Guideline - Newer Pharmacologic Treatments in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Visual Clinical Guideline From the American College of Physicians	42
Preparing the United States for the Next Pandemic	42
Effectiveness and Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants Versus Warfarin in Patients With Valvular Atrial Fibrillation	41
Telehealth Strategies for the Delivery of Maternal Health Care	41
Prevalence and Characteristics of Adrenal Tumors in an Unselected Screening Population	40
In non–critically ill patients with COVID-19, therapeutic anticoagulation improved survival to discharge without organ support	40
Efficacy and Safety of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists for Weight Loss Among Adults Without Diabetes	40

Associations of Serum Testosterone and Sex Hormone–Binding Globulin With Incident Cardiovascular Events in Middle-Aged to Older Men	40
Cardiometabolic Disease Burden and Steroid Excretion in Benign Adrenal Tumors	39
Deep Venous Thrombosis	39
Long COVID Definitions and Models of Care	39
Achievement of Guideline-Recommended Targets in Diabetes Care in China	38
Severe Joint Involvement in VEXAS Syndrome: A Case Report	38
Diabetes Risk Factors in People With HIV Receiving Pitavastatin Versus Placebo for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention	38
Ensuring Adequate Preparation for Patient Care Through Interprofessional Team-Based Training and Postgraduate Residencies for Nonphysician Clinicians	37
Suicide in U.S. Indigenous Persons: Reframing the Etiology and Solutions	37
Will We Have the Tools to Address a Reemergent Zika Virus Epidemic?	36
Correction: Pharmacologic Treatment of Primary Osteoporosis or Low Bone Mass to Prevent Fractures in Adults	36
In older patients at high risk for stroke, intensive AF screening with an implantable loop recorder did not reduce stroke	36
Annals Graphic Medicine - The Things We Share	35
In ischemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction, adding PCI to medical therapy did not reduce death or HF hospitalization	35
Primary Occurrence of Cardiovascular Events After Adding Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors or Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Compared With Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitors: A Cohor	35
In RA in remission for >1 y, tapering TNFi to discontinuation did not meet noninferiority criteria compared with stable TNFi for disease flare at 12 mo	35
Summary for Patients: Appropriate Use of Short-Course Antibiotics in Common Infections: Best Practice Advice From the American College of Physicians	35
Will QUADAS-C Make a Complicated Task Less Complex?	35
In type 1 diabetes, weekly basal insulin Fc was noninferior to daily insulin degludec for HbA1c at 26 wk	34
U.S. State Medical Boards’ Antiracism Education Requirements for Physicians	34
Building the Beloved (Health) Community: Antiracism, Diversity, and Primary Care	34
Annals Story Slam - I Know Them by Name	34
Annals Consult Guys - Surgery After Thromboembolic Stroke	34
Factors Associated With Risk for Care Escalation Among Patients With COVID-19 Receiving Home-Based Hospital Care	33
Annals On Call - Does the Sepsis Bundle Improve Outcomes?	33
Endocrinology: What You May Have Missed in 2024	33
Standardization and Prediction to Control Confounding: Estimating Risk Differences and Ratios for Clinical Interpretations and Decision Making	33
In drug-refractory IBS, group CBT with interoceptive exposure improved symptoms and QoL at 13 wk	33
Best Practices in Caring for Seriously Ill Patients	33
Toward Understanding COVID-19 Recovery: National Institutes of Health Workshop on Postacute COVID-19	33
Annals Video Summary - The Effect of SEP-1 Bundle Compliance and Implementation on Mortality Among Patients With Sepsis	33
In IBS, a smartphone application for self-managing a FODMAP-lowering diet vs. otilonium bromide reduced symptoms at 8 wk	33
Epidemiology of Coronary Atherosclerosis Among People Living With HIV in Uganda	33
Trends in Alcohol Use After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Cross-Sectional Study	33
COVID-19 Inequities Across Multiple Racial and Ethnic Groups: Results From an Integrated Health Care Organization	32
Telemedicine Uptake Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic	32
Prayer Flags	32
Integrating Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement With Guidelines: Systematic Stakeholder-Driven Development of an Extension of the Guidelines International Network–McMaster Guideline Development	32
Effectiveness of Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir Against the Development of Post–COVID-19 Conditions Among U.S. Veterans	32
Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis and Risk for Myocardial Infarction in a Danish Cohort	32
COVID-19 Vaccination Effectiveness Against Infection or Death in a National U.S. Health Care System	32
Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing in Managing Overweight and Obesity	32
Correction: 15-Year Benefits of Sigmoidoscopy Screening on Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality	31
In tobacco smokers with respiratory symptoms, a dual bronchodilator did not reduce symptoms at 12 wk	31
Annals Graphic Medicine - Dr. Mom: Medical Conference	30
Annals Graphic Medicine - The Hospital Makes It Hard to Speak Up for Myself	30
Annals Graphic Medicine - More Than Skin Deep	30
In adults with HIV and low-to-moderate CV risk, pitavastatin reduced MACE over a median 5.1 y	30
Annals Graphic Medicine - Being There	29
The Health Benefits of Urgent Upstream Action on Climate Change	29
Blood Pressure Level in Late Adolescence and Risk for Cardiovascular Events	29
Living Practice Guidelines Require Robust and Continuous Iteration and Uptake	29
Correction: Resuming In-Person Learning	29
Annals Graphic Medicine - The Substance Use Epidemic: A Graphic Narrative	29
Paternal Preconception Diabetes Drugs and Birth Defects in Offspring: A Call for More Conclusive Study	29
In AF, CHA2DS2-VASc 1 subgroups did not differ for predicting risk for arterial thromboembolism at 1 y	28
Annals Video Summary - Attention Among Health Care Professionals: A Scoping Review	28
In patients having transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, rifaximin prevented overt hepatic encephalopathy	28
SCCM issued recommendations for corticosteroid use in acutely ill adults with sepsis, ARDS, or CAP	28
In patients with chronic neuropathic pain, cannabinoids improve sleep and reduce pain vs. placebo	28
In type 2 diabetes, the BT-001 smartphone app reduced HbA1c more than a control app at 90 d	28
Annals Consult Guys - The ABCs of Atrial Fibrillation	28
In patients with type 2 diabetes and recent MI, colchicine reduced a composite CV outcome at 23 mo	28
In patients receiving invasive ventilation, PPIs reduce upper GI bleeding but did not affect mortality at 90 d	28
Outpatient Treatment of Confirmed COVID-19: Living, Rapid Practice Points From the American College of Physicians (Version 2, Update Alert)	27
In South Africa, a 2-dose Oxford/AZ vaccine did not prevent mild to moderate COVID-19 (cases mainly B.1.351 variant)	27
Annals On Call - Diagnostic Reasoning Part 1	27
Summary for Patients: Postdiagnosis Smoking Cessation and Reduced Risk for Lung Cancer Progression and Death	27
In severe, uncontrolled asthma, tezepelumab reduced exacerbations and improved asthma control at 1 y	27
Guideline recommends buprenorphine or methadone as first-line treatment for opioid use disorder (high certainty)	27
Stroke Rehabilitation: Synopsis of the 2024 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guidelines	27
Summary for Patients: Fracture Risk During Osteoporosis Drug Holidays	27
Annals Video Summary - Associations of Testosterone and Related Hormones With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Men	27
Annals Consult Guys - The Case of the Restless Legs	27
we are forgetting	27
Tofacitinib reduced death or respiratory failure at 28 d in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia	26
Trends in Discharge Rates for Acute Pulmonary Embolism in U.S. Emergency Departments	26
Update Alert 3: Ventilation Techniques and Risk for Transmission of Coronavirus Disease, Including COVID-19	26
Comparison of Rapid Antigen Tests' Performance Between Delta and Omicron Variants of SARS-CoV-2	26
Prediction of End-Stage Kidney Disease Using Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate With and Without Race	26
Bipolar Disorder	26
Correction: Diagnostic Discordance, Uncertainty, and Treatment Ambiguity in Community-Acquired Pneumonia	26
Risk for Congenital Anomalies in Children Conceived With Medically Assisted Fertility Treatment	26
LOW-HARM score predicted mortality in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Mexico	26
Effect of Health Service Area on Primary Care Physician Provision of Low-Value Cancer Screening	25
Healing the Sick: A Timeline of Altruism	25
Nonoperative Management of Mild Primary Hyperparathyroidism: A Reasonable, Evidence-Based Option	25
In adults aged 75 to 76 y, systematic AF screening reduced morbidity and mortality at 6 y	25
The Glitter of the Simple	25
In THA or TKA, risk for symptomatic VTE was higher with aspirin vs. enoxaparin at 90 d	25
Annals On Call - When Might Genomic Screening Be Cost-Effective?	25
Ankle Osteoarthritis: Successful Completion of a Challenging Clinical Trial Comparing Surgical Treatments	25
Summary for Patients: Mortality and Morbidity in Mild Primary Hyperparathyroidism	25
Cognitively enhanced tai chi improved cognition vs. tai chi or stretching at 24 wk in older adults with MCI or memory concerns	24
In migraine with previous treatment failures, eptinezumab safely reduced migraine days at 1 to 12 wk	24